…(T)he bill taxpayers may foot for crop insurance subsidies—at least $89 billion over ten years—may outweigh what taxpayers would have contributed in direct (farm) subsidies. There are other many other costly bells and whistles to be found in the bill.

In short, what Congress has billed as a cost-cutting reform measure is nothing of the sort.

The welfare queens in our Congress don’t want Americans knowing how much they are receiving in farm subsidies.

But this is Washington, D.C. – where reality goes to die. Soon – likely by the end of this week – the farm bill will be farm law.

So – what next?

This Colossus will be astride us for the next half decade. There will be nothing more to do about domestic farm policy except to sit here and take it. Oh – and pay for it. And borrow for it, so our progeny can also pay for it – with interest.

So let’s take all of this unified, righteous energy and channel it towards something with the potential to effect a far better future outcome.

Seton Motley is president of Less Government, a DC-based non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the power of government and protecting the First Amendment from governmental assault.
Motley is editor in chief of StopNetRegulation.org, a Center for Individual Freedom publication.
One of America's leading authorities on technology and telecom policy, Motley is a writer, television and radio commentator, political and policy strategist, lecturer, debater, and activist.